Eyewitness to Gettysburg Address

[Ken]

Unfortunately the full recording isn't available on the site, so the part about hearing Lincoln's address isn't included. In any event, there are some interesting accounts of Gettysburg, the battle and aftermath from a man who was a young boy at the time and who visited the town often during the Civil War years.

http://www.authentichistory.com/civilwar/sounds/19380212_William_V_Rathvon-Gettysburg_Eyewitness.html

[idlewild]

Re: Eyewitness to Gettysburg Address

I was able to find a longer clip including Rathvon's recollection of hearing the address.

http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/lnfsound/19991110.lnfsound.02.rmm

The above link opens in RealPlayer for me, I'm not sure if it will open in any other program (the link is an audio file not a website).

I must say, that was wonderful to listen to.